Snarl-ups to startups: Cairo’s jams inspire tech solutions


A view of vehicles stuck in a traffic jam in the central Attaba district of Egypt’s capital Cairo. Startups are searching for technological solutions to solve the transport headaches for an expanding megacity already struggling with over 20 million people. — AFP

CAIRO: In gridlocked and heavily polluted Cairo, startups are searching for technological solutions to solve the transport headaches for an expanding megacity already struggling with over 20 million people.

With only three metro lines and overcrowded, run-down buses servicing the capital, public transport is stretched to its limits.

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